(A.N) Hi, thanks for the great reviews so far. Keep 'em coming! Here's chapter 4, things are starting to pick up. A little bit of a reference back to Maybe Now Maybe Never in this chapter but nothing major yet. Anyways keep on rreading and reviewing! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Disclaimer: I dont own The O.C. or any of the characters. (If i did, i wouldn't be sat here in my bedroom indreary Yorkshire lol)
The Unbalanced Emotions
The months flew by and Summer started to look more pregnant as well as feel more pregnant.When it got to June, she felt like she was ballooning.
She alsofound that her emotions began to be all over the place. One moment she was happy, the next she was depressed. She cried at the littlest things but was ultra bitchyminutes later.
She felt so trapped as Seth commanded her not to lift a finger. At first she thought it was great. No work, no cleaning, she could just relax!
But that feeling only lasted a couple of days. Then the boredom set in.
And not only boredom, but fear.
In all her spare time, she'd read the numerous book on pregnancy that Marissa had donated and Summer began to doubt whether this was the right thing for her.
She was also unbelievably lonely. Marissa had gone back to work, Kirsten was always as work and so was Seth.
He'd started up his own comic book company and it was thriving but needed a lot of effort. The office wasn't far away but it felt like he was always there.
She jumped as the phone rang. Summer heaved herself up- which was getting harder to do- and picked up the handset.
"Hello?"
"Hi Summer, its Seth."
"Oh hey Cohen what's up?"
"Well, I might be a little bit late tonight…"
"Again? Cohen! This is like the third time this week!"
"I know, I know! But listen, I can get away for 7.30 so how about I take you to dinner?"
"Oh Cohen, this is just a bribe…"
"Ill take you to the Arches…" Summer weakened. She loved The Arches.
"Well…"
"Great, I'll book the table for eight. Be ready when I get home."
"Okay, bye sweetie."
"Bye." Summer leapt out of the room to decide what she was going to wear.
"Summer, I'm home! Are you ready yet?" Seth walked into the quiet house, a large bouquet of roses in his hand.
There was no answer.
"Summer? Where are you?"
He placed his briefcase down as he strode into the living room. Nothing.
Into the kitchen. Nothing.
His heart skipped a beat.
The last time this happened was… No, it couldn't have happened again.
"Summer!" He cried, taking the stairs three at a time.
Seth burst into the bedroom. There were clothes strewn all over the floor. Her entire wardrobe had been emptied.
"No, no this can't be happening. Not again…" he whispered.
He strode to the bathroom where he saw Summer, curled up in the corner, her head in her hands. He breathed a sigh of relief.
"Summer? What's the matter?" He knelt down beside her. A faint whimper could be heard.
"I, I'm fat and ugly and NONE of my clothes fit!" she cried. Seth smiled.
"Oh Summer! You're not fat! You're pregnant!"
"Same thing! None of my nice dresses fit, that's for sure! I bought a new maternity dress last week and its too tight!" She turned away from Seth.
"And if I get any bigger, you'll go off me and leave me and I'll not be able to survive." Seth rubbed her shoulder comfortingly as she cried even harder.
"Summer, listen to me. You are the most beautiful person I've ever known and no matter how big your stomach gets, I'll always love you. Because you're you. You're Summer Cohen, the woman I dream about every night."
Summer turned around, lifting her tear stained face up, her bloodshot eye's watering.
"Really?"
"Yeah, I didn't spend all that time in a church saying those vows for nothing!" Summer laughed falling into his arms.
Seth held her tightly and flinched as he felt something tap against his stomach.
"Summer! Did you feel that?"
"Yeah! Oh my god Cohen, they're kicking!" Seth grabbed her hand and placed it on her stomach, his own lying on top.
"Wow, I can't believe this. Its so real, that's our baby Cohen. Our baby!"
"Ugh, I feel awful today. That coffee has made me feel totally awful. I feel like I'm gonna puke."
Summer pulled a face as she clambered out of Marissa's Range Rover outside of Summer's house.
She groaned as she searched in her bag for the keys. The two girls stepped inside.
"Okay Sum, try not to puke just yet because…" Marissa started.
"SURPRISE!" Suddenly about twenty women jumped out from the living room. The house was decorated from top to toe with streamers, balloons and banners.
"Oh my god Coop! My own baby shower!" Summer cried hugging her best friend.
"Well the one you threw me was awesome so I had to give you a good one."
"Thanks Coop!" The women had all gathered out by the pool outside which was surrounded with hundreds of gifts. Summer felt her eyes well up.
"Oh sweetie don't cry!" Kirsten wrapped her arm around Summer tenderly.
"Sorry, my hormones are all over the place!" she smiled, dabbing her eyes.
"Hey Sum! Time for presents!" Marissa called.
"Whoa! It looks like Baby Gap exploded in here!" Seth looked shocked as Summer and Marissa sat amongst a ton of baby clothes, toys and balloons.
"Excuse me! Our kids are not wearing Baby Gap! With your salary I feel Baby Dior is a more appropriate choice." Summer glared as Seth grinned sarcastically.
"So is the baby shower or party, whatever, over then?"
"Shower Cohen, and yes its finished. Coop and I were just sorting all my gorgeous gifts out." Marissa smiled as she folded up a tiny pink skirt.
"Where's Ryan?"
"Oh, he's looking after Maia, its his day off," Marissa said.
"Cool, well I need to go see him. Get a list of good contractors to do the nursery."
"Huh? I thought we were gonna do it?" Summer said, looking upset.
"Well paint fumes can't be good for your system Sum, and all that heavy lifting and such, I'm gonna have to do it and it's gonna be a problem for me."
"Fine, but when they're older, we're gonna do them. I ordered all the furniture and bedding and stuff."
"Great, well you two have fun." Seth kissed Summer quickly and headed for the door. She sighed heavily.
"He wont let me do anything! It's like I'm crippled or something!" She moaned.
"I know, Ryan was exactly the same, but it's all worth it!"
"Yeah I guess…"